New Year Honours 1973
Gwendolen Millicent Paula Beckett MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Music.”
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“For services to Music.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 457 times in the New Year Honours List 1973 — about 34% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1973
Agnes Alice Hopkins
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
“For services to the community in Swinton and Pendlebury.”
Alan Francis Rudkin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
“For services to Boxing.”
Albert Edward McNIVEN
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Albert George Hilditch
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Senior Executive Officer
Albert Herbert Ball
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Manager
Albert James Kayes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Albert Louis Stephens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Albert Percy Naylor Finter
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
“for services with the Kenya Air Force).”
Albert Reginald Goddard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Albert Samuel George Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
“For community and municipal services.”
Albert William Arthur Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Royal Navy
Alexander Henry Spink
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
“For services to Export.”
Alexander Patrick Burnett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Alfred Douglas Vance
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Royal Air Force
Alfred George Ryman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
“For services to postage stamp design in Gibraltar.”
Alfred James Schermuly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
President
Alfred Kashket
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Chairman
Alfred MacCarold Burgess Simmons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Alfred Mayhew
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Aloysius James Hotham
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Amy Priscilla de Graaf
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Andrew's Youth Club
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Angela Zoe Smith-Rose
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
Anna Catherine Clarkson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1973
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Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews,
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1973
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1973 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1972.
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